Darkness.. Darkness.. I only see this.. Am I dead? No.. It’s not possible. The boots I saw.. Could they belong to..

“Akashi?! Are you awake?”

I just opened my eyes, I was laying down in a hospital bed, feeling the pain in my right shoulder.

“You finally woke up, you have been asleep for 2 days, Welcome back.” Said the doctor in front of me.

“What happened after I fainted? How is Hana doing?”-Said while feeling a bit dizzy.

“She is good, don’t worry about her. She was waiting for you to wake up, she will be there soon.”

A few minutes later Hana came in the room, wearing a blue navy coat as well with a white scarf. Her beautiful long black hair falling on her shoulder. She let out a big smile, tears of joy falling from her eyes, her beautiful green eyes..

“Akashi you are alive! Thank god!”-Said Hana as she poses her head on the bed, still crying tears of joy.

“I am good Hana.. Don’t worry about me.”

“But I want to thank you, you saved my life.. I didn’t know what to do..”

“That’s nothing Hana.. Everybody would have panicked in this situation”

“But.. by my fault you got injured!”

“If I would have done nothing you would have died Hana.. It’s better to have one injured than one dead. What happened to the others?”

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“They are all dead.. We are the only ones who survived.”

“Damnit.. It was my fault I should have reacted sooner..”

“No Akashi! Don’t blame yourself! You couldn’t have saved them.. But you managed to save me, don’t be so hard on yourself. You did what was right.”

“I couldn’t let you die, it’s impossible to let people die in front of you without doing anything.”

“Thanks Akashi.. I would like to give you back the favor one day..”

“Be happy and live your life heads up, it’s the best gift you could ever give to me.”

“Thanks again Akashi.. Maybe you never notice but I..”

Before she could finish her sentence she was cut by the sudden opening of the door, followed by the entrance of two persons, a man and a woman in a military uniform.

“So you are Akashi right?”-Asked the lady

“Yes I am.. Who are you?”

I felt oppressed by their look and faces, the woman had long blond hair with blue eyes, while the man had short black hair with brown eyes, his face was marked by the years.

“We are members of the Hope squad, we were supposed to kill the intruder in your school.. Congratulations for your courage and bravery but we are not only here to thank you.”

“Then why?”-I asked semi surprised.

“Well, by your actions two days ago we deducted that you could be a good element for us. We also know a lot about you Akashi, including the death of your parents.”

They know everything about me, no need to lie.

“And also that the person who killed them is still in liberty, so we thought that..”

She approached the bed, posing a briefcase on it while taking a paper out of it, looks like a contract.

“Everything is filled, either you sign and you join the elite or either you condemn yourself at a pitiful life. The choice is yours Akashi Katō.”-Said the woman while giving me a pen which I took with my left hand. That’s what I always wanted since the start, Liberate the city and avenge my parents.

I signed the paper without saying anything, she took back the paper and then the three stood in front of me, even Hana was doing the same, Why? She is with them? Then they said

“Welcome in the Hope squad.”